Originally Posted by stono:
“I think Id be more worried if TeamGB were sweeping the boards now, & setting world records in everything, because youd not sustain that kind of form till the Olympics, and there are things they can go away and look at and theyve still got the time to improve”
“I think Id be more worried if TeamGB were sweeping the boards now, & setting world records in everything, because youd not sustain that kind of form till the Olympics, and there are things they can go away and look at and theyve still got the time to improve”
GB medal haul at the 2007 WCh was 7G 2S 2B - this is when the golden era truly began (and continued to Beijing).
On the flip side, their 2011 WCh haul (I think) was 2G 4S 3B, and Australia were dominant (as well as in 2010; then co-dominant with GB in 2012 WCh).
Originally Posted by stono:
“but almost certainly wont win the same haul of medals in Rio as at Beijing/London, but you know its like count how many medals we won in the 14 years prior to 2001.”
“but almost certainly wont win the same haul of medals in Rio as at Beijing/London, but you know its like count how many medals we won in the 14 years prior to 2001.”
GB started the cycle well in the 2013 WCh with 5G 2S 2B - a better haul than in 2005 & 2009, and it seems like a long time ago now. It has been a pretty good 14 years since the 2001 WCh, but you probably can't sugarcoat a haul of just 3 medals...well, the silver lining (
) is that they were all won in Olympic disciplines. Here's some food for thought - nowadays the Olympic track cycling programme is biased towards sprinters (6 of 10 disciplines, possibly 7 or 8 depending on the nature of the omnium fields). GB failed to win a single WCh sprint discipline medal for the first time in 17 years.
If having the 2016 WCh in London doesn't induce some kind of resurgence, I don't know what will.
